Artificial intelligence has emerged as the dominant investment theme for the world’s largest family offices, while cryptocurrencies continue to attract limited interest, according to a new report from JPMorgan Private Bank.The bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report polled 333 single-family…

The Nigerian government says it has completed its final obligations for the launch of the Africa Energy Bank, clearing the way for the institution to begin operations. This was made known in a statement issued Monday by the Nigerian Content…

ING Germany, the retail banking unit of Dutch multinational ING Group, is expanding crypto investment access through new partnerships with US asset managers Bitwise and VanEck.The German bank is rolling out crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) from Bitwise and crypto exchange-traded…

Spot crypto trading volumes on major exchanges have fallen from around $2 trillion in October to $1 trillion at the end of January, indicating “clear disengagement from investors” and weaker demand, according to analysts. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently down 37.5% from…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of 5kg of cooking gas decreased from N5,425.78 recorded in November 2025 to N5,360.43 in December 2025. The NBS said this in its Cooking Gas Price Watch for Decèmber released…

Cathie Wood-founded asset manager ARK Invest revealed on Monday it had upped its exposure to crypto-linked stocks amid a stock slump this week. In a trade notification shared with Cointelegraph on Monday, ARK Invest indicated that it had bought shares…

HYPE gained double digits on Monday after the team behind HyperCore, the core infrastructure powering Hyperliquid’s layer-1 network, said it will support the HIP-4 proposal to expand into prediction markets.The integration would allow fully collateralized contracts on Hyperliquid, the largest…

Stablecoin issuer Tether has released its open-source Bitcoin mining software, describing it as a means to simplify and scale Bitcoin mining while promoting further decentralization in the sector.In a post on X on Monday, Tether announced the rollout of MiningOS…

US President Donald Trump has denied knowledge of a reported multimillion-dollar deal between his family and an Abu Dhabi royal for a significant stake in the World Liberty Financial crypto platform. “I don’t know about it,” Trump told reporters on…

Alongside many of the world’s rich and powerful, some prominent leaders in the crypto industry are explaining their connections, however tenuous, with the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released millions of new files on Saturday,…

A metric tracking the health of the US economy has just posted its highest monthly score since August 2022, and crypto analysts say it could signal a turnaround for Bitcoin, which is trading at $78,000.The Institute for Supply Management (ISM)…

Several New York district attorneys have reportedly warned about the US federal stablecoin law, the GENIUS Act, claiming it fails to adequately address fraud.According to a Monday CNN report, New York Attorney General Letitia James and four district attorneys signed…

Physically targeting crypto users or their relatives, colloquially known as “wrench attacks,” significantly increased in the last year, according to blockchain security auditor CertiK.In a report on wrench attacks released on Sunday, CertiK said there had been 72 verified cases…

Bitcoin (BTC) price fell to a year-to-date low of $74,555 on Monday, marking a 40% drawdown from its all-time high. The move coincided with $1.3 billion in net outflows from the global Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs) last week. This drawdown…

Nigeria on Monday formally handed over the fully furnished headquarters of the Africa Energy Bank to the Association of African Petroleum Producing Countries, marking a major milestone in efforts to unlock sustainable financing for oil and gas investments across the…